Under Control (Calvin Harris and Alesso song)

"Under Control"
Single by Calvin Harris and Alesso featuring Hurts
from the album Motion and Forever
Released 7 October 2013 (2013-10-07)
Format
Recorded
Genre
Length 3:04
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Calvin Harris
  • Alesso
Calvin Harris singles chronology
"Thinking About You"
(2013)		 "Under Control"
(2013)		 "Summer"
(2014)
Alesso singles chronology
"City of Dreams"
(2013)		 "Under Control"
(2013)		 "Tear the Roof Up"
(2014)
Hurts singles chronology
"Somebody to Die For"
(2013)		 "Under Control"
(2013)		 "Some Kind of Heaven"
(2015)

"Under Control" is a song recorded by Scottish DJ Calvin Harris and Swedish DJ Alesso, featuring vocals from English duo Hurts. The song was released on 7 October 2013 as the first single from Harris's fourth studio album, Motion (2014) and Alesso's first studio album, Forever (2015).

"Under Control" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of 74,704 copies, becoming Harris's fifth number-one single, and the first for Alesso and Hurts.[1]

Background

"Under Control" was premiered on 2 August 2013 during a DJ set by Alesso at Ushuaia, Ibiza, which was broadcast by BBC Radio 1.[2] Harris performed the song at the end of his set at the V Festival on 20 August. On 18 September, Harris posted a preview of the song on SoundCloud.[3] The cover was unveiled on Alesso's Twitter page on 4 October.[4]

Music video

On 9 September 2013, Harris stated on Facebook that 1,000 fans would take a part in the music video shoot.[5] Later a message was reposted by Alesso and Theo Hutchcraft from Hurts in a blog on Twitter. The video was shot in Los Angeles on 10 and 11 September. On the second day of the shoot, already with the fans, filming was held at the 6th Street Bridge. The video was uploaded to Harris's Vevo account on 21 October 2013.

Track listings

  1. "Under Control" – 3:04
  1. "Under Control" (Extended Mix) – 5:36
  1. "Under Control" – 3:04
  2. "Under Control" (Extended Mix) – 5:36

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD single liner notes.[9]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–14) Peak
position
scope="row"Australia (ARIA)[10] 17
Australia Dance (ARIA)[11] 6
scope="row"Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12] 21
scope="row"Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13] 42
scope="row"Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 14
scope="row"Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[14] 2
scope="row"Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 11
scope="row"Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[15] 7
scope="row"Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[16] 32
scope="row"Denmark (Tracklisten)[17] 28
scope="row"Europe (Euro Digital Songs)[18] 2
scope="row"Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[19] 5
scope="row"France (SNEP)[20] 55
scope="row"Germany (Official German Charts)[21] 24
scope="row"Hungary (Dance Top 40)[22] 2
scope="row"Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[23] 33
scope="row"Hungary (Single Top 40)[24] 5
scope="row"Ireland (IRMA)[25] 5
scope="row"Netherlands (Single Top 100)[26] 59
Netherlands (Mega Dance Top 30)[27] 12
scope="row"New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[28] 31
scope="row"Norway (VG-lista)[29] 9
scope="row"Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[30] 7
scope="row"Poland (Dance Top 50)[31] 13
scope="row"Scotland (Official Charts Company)[32] 1
scope="row"Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[33] 15
scope="row"Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[34] 89
scope="row"Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[35] 8
scope="row"Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[36] 34
scope="row"UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[37] 1
scope="row"UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[38] 1
scope="row"US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[39] 3
scope="row"US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[40] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
Australia Dance (ARIA)[41] 33
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[42] 98
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[43] 55
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[44] 90
Chart (2014) Position
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[45] 91
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[46] 85
Italy (FIMI)[47] 94
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[48] 83
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[49] 56

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[50] Platinum 70,000
Germany (BVMI)[51] Gold 150,000
Italy (FIMI)[52] Platinum 30,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)[53] Gold 30,000
Sweden (GLF)[54] 2× Platinum 80,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[55] Gold 15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[56] Gold 393,762[57]
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[58] Platinum 1,800,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
France 7 October 2013 Digital download Sony [59]
Sweden [6]
Australia 11 October 2013 [60]
United States 22 October 2013 Columbia [61]
United Kingdom 30 October 2013 Contemporary hit radio [62]
Germany 15 November 2013 Digital download Sony [63]
Ireland 22 November 2013
  • Deconstruction
  • Fly Eye
  • Columbia
 [64]
United Kingdom 24 November 2013 [65]
Germany 3 January 2014 CD single Sony [8]

References

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  2. ↑ "B.Traits, Radio 1 in Ibiza – Part 1, Alesso full set from Ushuaia (2013)". BBC Radio 1. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Calvin Harris / Alesso / Theo Hutchcraft – Under Control PREVIEW". SoundCloud. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "#UnderControl from Alesso ...". Twitter. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Harris, Calvin (9 September 2013). "Calvin Harris & Alesso Featuring Hurts – Under Control – The Video Shoot". Facebook. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
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